data acquisition

Batch information capture is a frequent scene in process automation, especially for web pages. It is a very common automation link to automatically analyze and operate after capturing information. Octopus IPA has intelligent data capture. After its function is enabled, it will first analyze and identify page elements, and then automatically group similar components into one column. At the bottom of the object page, the effect of prefetched data is displayed. You can change the captured field or set the captured range.

As an intelligent component, data capture is built into the octopus factory editor, and its operation mode is similar to that of components. However, according to the operation process of data acquisition, data acquisition configuration and data processing are coordinated. Therefore, the operations of data collection include: component reference, attribute configuration, collection data item configuration, collection result data processing.

 

•Component reference

As a common and special component function, data collection can be quickly referenced in the toolbar. Enter the process block detail editing page and click the data collection button on the toolbar to reference the data collection component to the component editing area.

 

•Property configuration

You can set this component in the attribute editing area of the editor or in the attribute pop-up box. This component includes the following attributes:

1. Output to variable: save the collected data to the variable. The default variable name is DF, and users can also select variables in the variable library. The variable type is 2D table.
2. Configure data collection: configure the data to be collected, data format and range to be collected.

3. Browser: the browser that needs data collection. When the component is running, the current web address in the browser will be taken for data collection. Currently only Google browser is supported.

4. Preview the collection effect in the data table: when this option is checked, the results after the component runs can be displayed in the & ldquo; Data sheet & rdquo; Tab. It is checked by default.

5. Export collection results to excel: when this option is checked, the contents in the blue area will be displayed. You can set the file saving path and file name.

 

•Collection data item configuration

Click the pinion of the property configuration item to automatically activate the object page to be captured by the browser. The system will automatically pop up the grab configuration window at the bottom of the page. You can add, delete and modify the captured fields, set the captured range, clear the collected items, etc.

You can specify the attribute item of a web page content for collection, and click the content to display the attribute value of the content.

 

•Data processing of acquisition results

The results of data collection can be used and processed in many ways, which is suitable for various scenarios. For example, the collection results can be directly output; The result data can also be saved to variables to facilitate the reference of subsequent processes.

1. Save the data to the variable DF and output it in the form of array;

2. Export to local excel table;

3. Save the 2D data table to the console.